Restaurant With the Best Service

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Since I last published this article 6 months ago Honua Kai’s own restaurant, Duke’s Beach House has opened.  It’s too early for comparisons but if you are in the area or are staying at the Honua Kai you might want to give them a try.  Click here for more information.

• 1st Place goes to Nick’s Fishmarket-Maui
• 2nd Place goes to Lahaina Grill
• 3rd Place goes to The Maalaea Waterfront Restaurant

Nick’s Fishmarket-Maui

4100 Wailea Alanui Dr
Kihei, HI 96753-8449
(808) 879-7224

Website: tristarrestaurants.com

Who doesn’t want fast and courteous service at a restaurant?  Well Nick’s Fishmarket of Maui has been awarded that distinction for 2009!  This fine restaurant is located in south Maui in Wailea – we have been there and the service and food and location are just fantastic.

Each table of this two-time Best Service winner in The Maui News utilizes the concept of “team service” where every table gets a captain, front waiter,
back waiter and busser to attend to their every need. All the floor staff start as kitchen stockers and must complete intensive practical training and written testing before being promoted to the next level.

Nick’s is just south of the Wailea Shopping Village and about a 45 minute drive south from the Honua Kai.

Lahaina Grill

127 Lahainaluna Road
Lahaina, Maui  96753 (808) 667-5117

Website: LahainaGrill.com

Located in the historic Lahaina Inn in Lahaina this restaurant has won almost two decades of awards for their fine restaurant and food.  The HONOLULU MAGAZINE readers’ poll for 2009 voted it the best Maui restaurant in fact, and for 16 years in a row!

The Lahaina Grill is a 12 minute drive from the Honua Kai and reservations are a must.  Around the holidays call a month or two in advance!  We have eaten at this fine restaurant many times and it is fantastic!

The Maalaea Waterfront Restaurant

50 Hauoli St. • Maalaea, Maui • 808-244-9028

This waterfront restaurant is one of the best-kept secrets of Maui and hidden away near Maalaea Harbor which is halfway between Wailea and Lahaina.  It has won many awards for Best Service for the past 6+ years for Maui.

Website: Waterfrontrestaurant.net